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buta

See also: butà, butą, búta, bûta, -buta, ˈbuta, and ɓūtà
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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian بته (butta); see boteh.

Noun

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buta (plural butas)

  1. Alternative form of boteh

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Acehnese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

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buta

  1. blind; sightless

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Afar

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buˈta/ [bʊˈtʌ]
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta

Noun

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butá f 

  1. (mythology) lycanthropy

References

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  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Balinese

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Romanization

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buta

  1. Romanization of ᬩᬸᬢ (“blind”).
  2. Romanization of ᬪᬹᬢ (“giant, wicked spirit”).

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈbuta/ [ˈbu.ta]

Adjective

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buta

  1. blind; sightless

Derived terms

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Blagar

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Numeral

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buta

  1. four

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French

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Verb

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buta

  1. third-person singular past historic of buter

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Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /búː.tàː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [búː.tàː]

Noun

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būtā̀ f (plural būtōcī, possessed form būtàr̃)

  1. jug or ewer for holding water
  2. kettle, teapot
  3. gourd

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  • Paul Newman, A Hausa–English Dictionary (2007)

Higaonon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

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buta

  1. blind; sightless

Hiligaynon

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

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butá

  1. blind

Noun

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butá

  1. blind

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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butâ

  1. charged; full; replenished

Verb

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bútà

  1. to charge or replenish

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Of unknown origin.[1]

Perhaps ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, butt”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbutɒ]
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  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Adjective

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buta (comparative butább, superlative legbutább)

  1. stupid, silly, foolish, dumb
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:buta
    Antonyms: okos, eszes, értelmes, intelligens

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative buta buták
accusative butát butákat
dative butának butáknak
instrumental butával butákkal
causal-final butáért butákért
translative butává butákká
terminative butáig butákig
essive-formal butaként butákként
essive-modal — —
inessive butában butákban
superessive bután butákon
adessive butánál butáknál
illative butába butákba
sublative butára butákra
allative butához butákhoz
elative butából butákból
delative butáról butákról
ablative butától butáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		butáé butáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		butáéi butákéi

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ buta in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • buta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • buta in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Iban

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Malayic *buta(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /bu.taʔ/

Adjective

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buta

  1. blind

Etymology 2

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From English butter

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /bu.ta/

Noun

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buta

  1. butter

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbu.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta
  • Hyphenation: bu‧ta

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay buta (“blind”), from Proto-Malayic *buta(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

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buta

  1. blind
    1. unable to see, or only partially able to see
    2. (figurative) fail to recognize, acknowledge or perceive
    3. (figurative) without any prior knowledge
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦸꦠ (buta, “giant”), from Old Javanese bhūta, from Sanskrit भूत (bhūta, “demon”). Doublet of bota.

Noun

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buta

  1. (uncommon, dialectal) giant
    Synonym: raksasa
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Further reading

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Iriga Bicolano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

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buta

  1. blind; sightless

Irish

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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buta m (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)

  1. butt (of wine, etc.); cask

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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buta m (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)

  1. butt; thick end, stock
  2. (geography) butte
  3. stocky person
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Etymology 3

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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buta m (genitive singular buta, nominative plural butaí)

  1. Alternative form of babhta (“boot, something given to equalize an exchange; thing exchanged; addition”)

Declension

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Declension of buta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative buta butaí
Vocative a bhuta a bhutaí
Genitive buta butaí
Dative buta butaí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an buta na butaí
Genitive an bhuta na mbutaí
Dative leis an mbuta

don bhuta

leis na butaí

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
buta bhuta mbuta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Japanese

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Romanization

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buta

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶた
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ブタ

Javanese

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Romanization

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buta

  1. Romanization of ꦧꦸꦠ.

Kituba

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Noun

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buta

  1. weapon

Verb

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buta

  1. to give birth
  2. to produce

Lala (South Africa)

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Etymology

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From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb

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-búta

  1. to ask

Libon Bikol

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

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butá

  1. blind; sightless

Lingala

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Verb

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buta

  1. to climb

Malay

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayic *buta(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

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Adjective

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buta (Jawi spelling بوتا)

  1. blind

Derived terms

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Affixed terms and other derivations

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Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

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  • Indonesian: buta

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Masbate Sorsogon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

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buta

  1. blind; sightless

Masbatenyo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Adjective

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butá

  1. blind; sightless

Miraya Bikol

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

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butá

  1. blind; sightless

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

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butá

  1. blind; sightless

Old Frisian

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Conjunction

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būta

  1. unless

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese botar.

Verb

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buta

  1. to put, to place
  2. to lay, to lay down

Phuthi

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Etymology

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From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb

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-búta

  1. to ask

Inflection

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from bucić.[1]

Noun

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buta f

  1. arrogance, haughtiness
    Synonyms: arogancja, hardość, wyniosłość
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Declension of buta
singular
nominative buta
genitive buty
dative bucie
accusative butę
instrumental butą
locative bucie
vocative buto
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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buta m inan

  1. genitive singular of but

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “98-102”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 98-102

Further reading

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  • buta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • buta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

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butá

  1. blind; sightless

Swazi

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Etymology

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From Common Bantu *-bʊ́ʊdia.

Verb

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-búta

  1. to ask

Inflection

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Tatar

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Noun

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buta

  1. young of a camel

Tausug

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

Pronunciation

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  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /buta/ [bʊˈt̪a]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: bu‧ta

Adjective

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buta (Sulat Sūg spelling بُتَ)

  1. blind

Waray Sorsogon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

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buta

  1. blind; sightless

Waray-Waray

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

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butá

  1. blind

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butá

  1. blind

West Albay Bikol

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buta, from Proto-Austronesian *buCa.

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butá

  1. blind; sightless
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